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Hello all my name is Kasey aka sternacus on here. I have been here before but had to put a hold on magic because I was deployed over seas and would like to get back into magic, any suggestions where to start again at? Should I purchase royal road?

Hello all my name is Kasey aka sternacus on here. I have been here before but had to put a hold on magic because I was deployed over seas and would like to get back into magic, any suggestions where to start again at? Should I purchase royal road?

It depends on what you want to do (general magic, cards, coins, mental magic, etc.) and how much you want to spend.

Royal Road is great but I prefer Card College volumes 1 and 2 which are more expensive.

Bobo's Modern Coin Magic is great but I prefer Roth's Expert Coin Magic.

Regardless, a great place to re-start is Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic.

What do you like and what is your budget?

~ David
Perception of reality is a selection of reality which results in a distortion of reality.

OK, I went $8 over. The following prices are from Amazon (click for link):

$12 - Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - Hugard -- This book has a lot of self working card tricks and tricks that require basic sleights. It also covers gimmicked cards such as double backers, double facers, rough and smooth (or slick and diachylon), one way decks, reversed cards, svengali decks, stripper decks and short cards.

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